Baruch Spinoza - Existential Comics

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

The Censorship of Spinoza

They were making a big mistake though, because they didn't realize that in a securlar society you can actually wear even sillier hats.

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Empiricism vs Rationalism: the Final Fight

Pragmatists are well known for their ability to bully nerds, that's just a matter of historical record.

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Spinoza Defends Himself Against Charges of Atheism

Of course in reality they excommunicated him for his "evil opinions". They never said what these opinions were though, so for all we know it was for his favoring pure reason over empirical knowledge.

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Braveheart's Speech

Description: William Wallace is giving his speech before a battle, like in the movie Braveheart.

William Wallace: "They may take our lives, but theyâ€™ll never take ... our freedom!"

Sartre: "He means because in a metaphysical sense, our freedom is transcendent, so even if we are enslaved by the English we will still at least have the freedom to interpret our condition."

Spinoza: "No, Sartre, he means they can't take our freedom because we never had it to begin with. The world is deterministic, and freedom is an illusion. There is nothing the English can do about that."

Marx: "No Spinoza! He doesn't care about metaphysics. He means they can't take our freedom because we peasants are enslaved by our own wealthy lords. We must unite with the global proletariat to throw off the ruling class of every nation in order to be free!"
Spinoza: "Not everything is about class warfare, Marx."

Sartre: "Um, excuse me, Mr. William Wallace, do you mean they can't take our freedom because it is metaphysically impossible, or because we are already oppressed?"

William Wallace: "I mean they can't take our freedom, because if they try we will stab them in the face with our swords. Understand?"

Sartre, looking around nervously as the battle begins: "Um, you guys...I'm starting to think this isn't the philosophy debate club."

Spinoza: "I told you we missed an exit!"

Marx: "you can take our lives, but you can never take our surplus labor value!"

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A Brief History of Metaphysics

Also...everything is facts.

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Cartesian Roommates

Spinoza thinking about the keys like three days later: "wait a second, I don't even HAVE pockets!"

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A very spooky philosophy Halloween

Camus came dressed as himself, because what is really scary is how sexy he is.

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Star Wars: but instead of normal, it's with philosophers

They made some prequels, but it had this one really annoying character, Jar Jar Nietzsche, and they weren't very well regarded.

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David Chalmers and the Panpsychists

Once he cut his hair the magic was gone

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The Best of All Possible Video Games

Leibniz was pretty cheesed off, to say the least, when Halflife 3 launched with decorative wigs that could be bought and traded.

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